Can the "religious left" save abortion rights from Republican hypocrisy?

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by Paul Rosenberg on Salon

Donald Trump's upside-down Bible photo-op at St. John's Church has led to unprecedented blowback from retired military generals, culminating in a mea culpa from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But the religious pushback was similarly sharp, starting with the Rev. Gini Gerbasi, an Episcopal priest who was among those "literally DRIVEN OFF of the St. John's, Lafayette Square patio with tear gas and concussion grenades," as she described on Facebook — an extraordinary use of state power to crush religious liberty. A bevy of leaders from the Episcopal Church spoke out forcefully, soon joined by Catholics, Lutherans and others, including some evangelicals.
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As noted in a forthcoming report from Political Research Associates, support for legal abortion is at a 25-year high
At the same time, the main voting bloc opposed to legal abortion — white evangelical Protestants — is shrinking as a share of the population, even as it holds steady as a share of the electorate
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white evangelicals share of the national vote - 26%
white evangelical share of the US population - 15%
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https://www.salon.com/2020/06/18/can-the-religious-left-save-abortion-rights-from-republican-hypocrisy/

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1. Ain't gonna happen. I have been a Lutheran, Quaker, and UU and been involved with...

attempts to work with other congregations to affect "liberal" agenda.

Missouri Synod Lutherans, along with the much smaller Wisconsin Synod, align with the Catholics in being seriously anti-abortion. They almost grudgingly go along with poverty and civil rights programs, but are conservative to the core. The Episcopal Church is seriously divided over sexual matters, with abortion and gay rights being anathema to a large chunk of it. They keep avoiding actually making a statement.

And then there's the local black churches, which are also all for feeding the poor and reining in the cops, but don't dare talk abortion or LGBT lest you get your ass handed to you.

Outfits like Focus on the Family grow because they fit into the concept of prosperity gospel-- essentially the idea that no matter what Christ taught, greed is really good. All of their talk of Christian ethics is basically a cover for "What's in it for me".

"How can I help?" is much more difficult concept to get across. And it's made more difficult by the social and doctrinal differences between different churches.